We also get Deku at his most powerful since his fight versus Overhaul. The camera is constantly moving, flying between punches and rotating around our heroes in intricate sequences, as the fights match the stakes of the story with a surprising amount of blood and serious injuries. There's even a scene storyboarded to emulate a long take that shows how much the superhero genre thrives in animation. Yutaka Nakamura's impact animation shines through, with some of the most hard-hitting, grounded, and fluid animated fight sequences of the year. Where World Heroes' Mission really excels is in its visuals. Also like Silver Age comics, the film introduces several heroes with ridiculous yet delightful quirks, like the return of Godzillo, the kaiju hero, or a hero with the power of Egyptian hieroglyphs. That’s not only due to Deku's new slinging power, but mostly in the film's grounded approach to character, and its sheer optimism in the face of great stakes. My Hero Academia creator Kōhei Horikoshi is widely known as a fan of Marvel comics, and nowhere is that more evident than in the way World Heroes' Mission captures the heart of early Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Spider-Man comics. It also helps that the villains reside in a H.R. There are even a few villains with powers in the terrorist group, adding to the ideological threat they pose - the belief that quirks are inherently a mistake. Humarize works because they go against the show's usual positivity in regards to quirks and superpowers. In the middle of this, we find Izuku Midoriya, who is on the run after being mistakenly accused of mass murder and has to avoid both the cops and the terrorist group while trying to stop them from killing all pro-heroes.įrom the start, World Heroes' Mission uses its villains to embark on a darker journey that challenges its view on heroes and quirks, elevating it beyond just a side story and basically entering X-Men territory - specifically X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills, which served as the main inspiration for X2. In a world where 80% of the population has a superpower, we finally get an anti-quirk villainous group, with the Humarize planning to target heroes with bombs that disperse a venomous gas that only kills those with powers because they believe Quirks will cause a doomsday. Make no mistake, this is not a newbie-friendly movie, but if you are a fan of My Hero Academia, this is a crowning cinematic achievement for the popular franchise worthy of the biggest screen possible. Still, World Heroes' Mission out-Marvels the MCU in terms of heart and even visuals, with some of the best and most visually stunning moments not only in the franchise, but superhero film as a whole. No matter how exciting or surprising it is, it has zero repercussions for the larger story and is forgotten as soon as the next episode airs. 4 out of 5 stars.By now, fans should know the drill about a new My Hero Academia movie. Incredible animation, exhilarating action, and some really great moments for certain characters. Overall, this was a great popcorn action flick that delivers on basically all fronts. The fight scenes here are at times goosebump-enducing. Bones animation is what anime is supposed to look like, in my eyes. There's less life in their animation-but this isn't a review of MAPPA or anyone else, I'm here to tell you that Bones continues to get better and better and their animation is just as colorful, fluid, and dynamic as ever. MAPPA, tho seemingly at the top of the food chain right now in terms of demand, just isn't as engaging as the other two. I'll give you ufotable if you want to argue their innovation of incorporation of CG (nobody does CG the way they do), they too are phenomenal and are Bones' biggest competition for the top spot of you ask me. I am of the personal opinion that Bones is still the gold standard of anime. The plot is really only there to serve the purpose of giving us a palate on which we can see some of our favorite characters and Studio Bones do what they do best that, of course, being awesome animation. The plot of the film is pretty one dimensional, it's basically the same exact plot of X-Men: X3, a one-off villain has created this underground movement to eradicate all of the worlds heroes, and it's up to Deku and the gang to put a stop to it before it's too late. They are all as endearing and funny as ever, and Brody serves as a great one off protagonist for the film. The characters here are the ones you're already familiar with, focusing of course on Deku, Bakugo, Todoroki, and a new, film-only main character, Brody. This film delivers exactly what you're going into it hoping to get entertaining characters who are forced to push through their limits, almost nonstop action, and some of the best animation in the business.
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